It rained

and Ava wanted to play in it. She's had this raincoat since before she was born (thanks Grandma Kathee) and its about time to retire it. The boots and umbrella had yet to be used to sing in the rain and so this was the day. As you can see, she enjoyed herself...........

And then the rain had stopped so she decided to spend some time in the sandbox sans umbrella. And, as happens often here in Texas, the rain began again suddenly with no warning

Some things we've been up to

Hanging out in tupperwares while mom gives Ava a bath................................

Going to a concert in the park with dad's work

Learning to blow bubbles with our mouth when we get angry..............

Getting a bath (she really likes it more than it looks in this picture)

Swimming in the pool with panda

Modeling our fancy new princess bathing suit..................................

Playing with the wedding bear that Ava so generously shared......................

Fussing because we can't get the bow off our face (but what a cute bow)

Hanging out with the Roberts clan in St. George

Drinking out of the sprinkler that we're supposed to be playing in

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day. My cousinshusband is stationed in San Angelo for a little while so they drove up to see us over the long weekend. We got to meet their son Griffith which we have been looking forward to for awhile now. We just relaxed. The boys went golfing, the girls went shopping. We took the kiddos swimming and we all ate some good food. Ava was excited about a baby that actually played with her and she was obsessed with wanting to feed him.

Group pic of the cousins. Obviously Charlotte was thrilled!

Ava with her "Aunt" Dacia

Dacia and Griff enjoying the pool

Can you tell he liked the water?

Griff swimming with his daddy.

I need to be more obedient

Tonight I was reading Ava a scripture story before bed. It was the story of Naaman and Elisha. You know, the one where Elisha tells Naaman to wash in the river Jordan seven times and his leprosy will be cured and Naaman doubts that it will work so almost doesn't do it but in the end follows the Prophets' advice and is healed. I ended the story by saying "And Namman listened to the Prophet and was blessed." To which Ava responded "He did." I said "Yep. And he was healed. Isn't that great?" Ava then got a concerned look on her face, pointed to some freckles on my arm and said "But Mom, you still have a little leprosy."

What's been going on

As usual it has been awhile since I have posted so here's a picture post of things we've been doing.

Snuggling with our sister.................who can help it when she's this cute?

Trying to wear our favorite rainboots to church

Sporting our cute hair to church.......courtesy of sponge rollers.

Falling asleep in our church clothes

Being artistic with friends

Some more sleeping while raising the roof

Trying to get mom to let us have a sleepover............looks like there wouldn't be much sleep!

Planting our version of a garden including cherry tomatoes that we germinated inside and then promptly killed by moving them outside too soon

Enjoying some snuggle time with dad